ADIA is the peak business organisation representing manufacturers and suppliers of dental products. Our vision is for an industry that empowers oral health professionals to advance the health and wellbeing of all Australians......................— ADIA Strategic Plan

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2017 Dental Industry Training Calendar

Across the nation's dental industry can be found many thousands of individuals who have made a contribution to the ability of their business to grow, create jobs and operate sustainably as a result of the continuing professional development programme offered by the Australian Dental Industry Association (ADIA).

The continuing professional development programmes offered by ADIA benefit both businesses and their employees. Businesses relies upon ADIA's continuing professional development programmes in order to sustain a highly skilled and specialised workforce — a workforce with the skills to perform a variety of tasks or employees with "cross-functional" skills. Employees, on the other hand, may receive promotions and become more valuable employees by enrolling in the seminars, training courses and conferences offered by ADIA. This year the following programmes are offered:

Perhaps the ultimate benefit of continuing education offered by ADIA is its ability to impart an attitude or disposition that encourages employees to find and use the best techniques available at any given time and to realise that these techniques will need to be improved or replaced

Member Engagement —

ADIA provides leadership, strategy, advocacy and support. Our members set our agenda, fund our activities and directly benefit from the results. With respect to research on business conditions in which the dental industry operations, the work of the team in the ADIA national office is underpinned by members serving on the ADIA-ISC Industry Skills Committee.

Further Information —

To keep up to date with changes to ADIA's continuing progressional development program you can subscribe to the Twitter feed @AusDental or follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/dental.industry. Alternatively, you can contact the Association via email at training@adia.org.au or by telephone on 1300 943 094.

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